Unilateral spinal anesthesia in two centenarian patients.
The use of unilateral spinal block with a specific hyperbaric mixture of bupivacaine and fentanyl in two centenarian women is presented. This technique was very effective in restricting sympathetic block, and it provided satisfactory analgesia and hemodynamic stability.
Karacalar
Serap
S
Department of Anaesthesiology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey. skaracalar@yahoo.com
Türe
Hatice
H
Sarihasan
Binnur
B
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005283:Fentanyl; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics; D010147:Pain Measurement
D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D009294:Narcotics; D005283:Fentanyl; D002045:Bupivacaine